In 2000 the Center continued the program of the support
scientific conferences and schools. The announcement was published in
the newspaper "Poisk" No.18 (572) at May 5, 2000.
The Center has received 34 applications and allocated a financial
support to 15 scientific conferences and schools
(from 20000 to 30000 roubles per conference) that provide a broad
representation of various scientific schools in
the field of fundamental physics, organized on the territory of Russia.
In 2000, the activities of the Center were financed by the Ministry of
Science and Technological Policy of Russian Federation.

XV International Workshop on High Energy Physics and Quantum Field
TheoryTver, September 14-20, 2000;
Institutes-Organizers:
Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University,
Tver State University;
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. V.I.Savrin

International Conference "Sun at the Top of the Maximum
and the Solar/Stellar Connection"St.Petersburg, September 17-22, 2000;
Institute-Organizer:
Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of RAS;
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Dr. A.V.Stepanov

Conference "Basic Problems of Optics with School for Students,
Young Scientists and Engineers: Optics-2000"St.Petersburg, October 17-19, 2000;
Institutes-Organizers:
Rozhdestvensky Optical Society,
Technical University "Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics",
Moscow State University,
Vavilov State Optical Institute,
Committee for Science and Higher Education, Administration of
St.Petersburg,
House of Scientists of Russian Academy of Sciences;
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. E.B. Aleksandrov

All-Russian Conference "Solid State Chemistry and Functional Materials"Ekaterinburg, October 24-26, 2000;
Institute-Organizer:
Institute of Solid State Chemistry of the Ural Division of the RAS;
Chairman of the Organizing Committee:
Prof. V.G.Bamburov